painting marker/advice?

[Mr.Vanguard]

I say if you have the money get your marker anodized (original out of the box paint job) if not make sure you prime the marker and use the best spray paint you can get and cover any important parts reg, detents etc make sure you take the marker apart before doing all this spay what needs to be sprayed body trigger frame etc.

 

[Mr.Vanguard]

Here's a picture showing the gun I was referring to

In the hand of another of the team founders, not the one who painted it
** see if you can spot what is wrong with this picture **

It was painted in two colours, mostly as assembled in very light coats


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** the thing that is wrong in the picture is due to us turning up as regulars to a punter site, before the punters, and getting in a quick chrono check before we went off to do our own thing. Staff were preparing for the punters so were safe and sound. However what's going on in the photo and the punters who started to arrive and watched the 'pros' through the netting were not seeing the best example, before they were given their safety brief!

The guy with the cronograth has no mask you need a mask on, dangerous stuff tp show to rookies hahah
think of the children

 

[Tom]

Quick example of a simple paintjob, with virtually zero preparation and over 2 days to allow paint to dry.

1) Start with a hopper:

http://i608.photobucket.com/albums/tt168/tommikka/HALO B/20140402_182739_zpsf8c51a46.jpg

http://i608.photobucket.com/albums/tt168/tommikka/HALO B/20140402_182725_zps98f1fb05.jpg

http://i608.photobucket.com/albums/tt168/tommikka/HALO B/20140402_182705_zps57a56fbb.jpg

2) Do the minimal preparation - take it apart and put all pieces safely away
No primers have been used, and the only semblance of a base coat are the first coats

3) Paint the inside silver in a cople of coats
(Theres a reason for that which is for me to deal with at a later date, nothing to do with the paint job)
Only the top area for the paintballs needs to be silver, the front lower area is the battery bay, the rear lower area to the feedneck will hold the workings of the Halo.
These will remain untouched as its intended that the hopper will work.

http://i608.photobucket.com/albums/tt168/tommikka/HALO B/B2577041-769C-420C-9E64-8AE632DDE51A.jpg

http://i608.photobucket.com/albums/tt168/tommikka/HALO B/334FAED8-7573-4CB2-B44A-267024279BEB.jpg

4) Paint the outside one colour in a lot of light multiple coats.
Not pictured at this stage, it was just painted tan, but you can see the plain tan in teh slot for the battery cover.
Let this dry a little between coats, but leave properly overnight to dry after all the coats.

http://i608.photobucket.com/albums/tt168/tommikka/HALO B/13CBB546-C722-42B8-ABE3-8A5D5748EF98.jpg

5) Slightly assemble if some form of pattern match is required.
(Keep the pieces seperate and the pattern wont match accross joins)
For the Halo there is no need to assemble properly, screw together etc. Just put the 2 shell halves together and then the battery cover. The cover will hold the hopper together.

http://i608.photobucket.com/albums/tt168/tommikka/HALO B/3D97A160-9531-4B84-A98B-069230028FB1.jpg

6) Wave the hopper around in front of a spray can, make light sweeps - in this case a green.

http://i608.photobucket.com/albums/tt168/tommikka/HALO B/621274B5-59CF-481E-9C83-9A86B9329980.jpg

http://i608.photobucket.com/albums/tt168/tommikka/HALO B/32D23E77-571C-4C25-BADA-1AB2311ED2C3.jpg

Keep going until you are happy - for any form of effective pattern it ought to have more colours to reflect shade etc.
If the colours get too heavy then add a light spray of the base colour again.

7) Let it dry a little, and then disassemble again.

http://i608.photobucket.com/albums/tt168/tommikka/HALO B/01B1F590-7469-4D97-9983-D80D75B2DF90.jpg

8) Check and cleanup any paint that should not be there
The edges will need a clean off to let the sides slot together neatly. There is not realy much work to do here, rub it clean with some thinner etc. But if there is anything sensitive then it should have been masked in the preparation. Now will be too late - my favourite masking is some tape, and newspaper over large areas (I have even used clingfilm in the past)
http://i608.photobucket.com/albums/tt168/tommikka/HALO B/ED5EAB4C-6993-42E8-9BFC-073D23D91902.jpg